Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...civilized nation coincides with the limitation of armaments and the prevention of war, we are very optimistic as to the possibility of permanent peace provided only the peoples of the nations can be educated as to what their self-interest is; and provided the necessary machinery for the judicial settlement of international disputes can be created...
...absolutely than before--that liquors, however mild or in however small quantities are poisonous to the individual, not to mention their wider effects. Let us accept these facts if we have any devotion to knowledge at all, and carry out the consequences. After the Student Council has arranged a settlement of the Freshman Banquet matter, it will do well to turn to the other classes. There is no adequate reason why beer should be served at class meetings, and there are plenty of reasons why it should not. We might show the Harvard spirit in this as in other things...
...December 1 the social service department had placed 152 men in charge of various boys' clubs in the vicinity, secured men for 120 teaching positions in different settlement and charitable houses, and arranged for 5 entertainments. In addition one large box of the clothing obtained in the annual old- clothes collection was given to the Red Cross Committee. The Legal Aid Bureau handled 40 cases. Five hundred and twenty-seven books were withdrawn from the loan library...
...many cases four or five different branches of work appealed to the same man. Of these 169 men, 55 signified an especial interest in practical politics; 23 in boys' club work and 16 in boys' scout work. 14 had an interest in public school athletics; 13 in social settlement work; 13 in "big brother" work; 11 in church work; 11 in juvenile courts; 10 in industrial service; 10 in legal aid work; 7 in parks and playgrounds; 6 in entertainment troupe work; 5 each in "friendly visiting," and charity organizations; 4 each in teaching Bible classes, and city mission work...
...enough men have responded to the call for leaders and instructors in the various settlement houses in the vicinity of Boston. Last year Phillips Brooks House placed over 400 men in various positions in charge of different forms of social work. This year the record has fallen far short of that number. Fifty men are needed immediately to coach boys' athletic teams, direct the work of reading clubs, lead boys' civic reforms, instruct youthful foreigners in English, give lessons on the mandolin or piano and in various other forms of charitable work. Any man in the University who can spare...